Canada and its involvement in war
Canada entered the 1939-1945 War on 10th September 1939. Within two months the first group of Canadian troops arrived in the United Kingdom to help the British Forces in hopes for a allied victory.
Dieppe
During the Second World War on 19 August 1942, the Allies launched a major raid on the small French coast port of Dieppe. Operation Jubilee was the first Canadian Army misson in the war it was designed to test them as Allies to see there ability to launch assaults against Adolf Hitler's. The Dieppe Raid was designed for an Allied force to take a the oppositions port establish a presence and hold a perimeter around the town destroy the harbour facilities, and then withdraw by sea. The raid was a horrible disaster more than 900 Canadian soldiers were killed and thousands more were wounded and taken prisoner. Despite the bloodshed, the raid provided valuable lessons for the Allied force assaulting Africa, Italy and Normandy.
Battle of Normandy
This is arguable the biggest battle in world war 2 that Canada participated in and the most historic event for Canadians, it is known as D-Day. The invasion on Normandy was a mission for the allied forces to take the beaches of Normandy in the largest invasion by boat ever. D-Day the day of the initial attacks, was Tuesday 6 June 1944. With Canada having a major part in this invasion they stormed out of there boats right at enemy. The British were in charge but the Americans and Canadians both had there own line of attack. The Americans had Utah and Omaha beaches in the west, then came the British at Gold, then the Canadians at Juno Beach and finally the British at Sword on the east.
Dieppe
During the Second World War on 19 August 1942, the Allies launched a major raid on the small French coast port of Dieppe. Operation Jubilee was the first Canadian Army misson in the war it was designed to test them as Allies to see there ability to launch assaults against Adolf Hitler's. The Dieppe Raid was designed for an Allied force to take a the oppositions port establish a presence and hold a perimeter around the town destroy the harbour facilities, and then withdraw by sea. The raid was a horrible disaster more than 900 Canadian soldiers were killed and thousands more were wounded and taken prisoner. Despite the bloodshed, the raid provided valuable lessons for the Allied force assaulting Africa, Italy and Normandy.
Battle of Normandy
This is arguable the biggest battle in world war 2 that Canada participated in and the most historic event for Canadians, it is known as D-Day. The invasion on Normandy was a mission for the allied forces to take the beaches of Normandy in the largest invasion by boat ever. D-Day the day of the initial attacks, was Tuesday 6 June 1944. With Canada having a major part in this invasion they stormed out of there boats right at enemy. The British were in charge but the Americans and Canadians both had there own line of attack. The Americans had Utah and Omaha beaches in the west, then came the British at Gold, then the Canadians at Juno Beach and finally the British at Sword on the east.
For Canada, 14 000 soldiers were to land on the beaches another 450 were to drop behind enemy lines by parachute or glider. Lancaster bombers and Spitfire fighters from the Royal Canadian Air Force supported the invasion. It was hard fought battle and finally after 2 hours Canada took the Beach at Juno and the area around it. The victory came at a cost of 340 Canadians that were killed on Juno Beach just of D-Day alone. The Canadians would suffer the most casualties of any division in the British Army and the allied forces during the Battle of Normandy. The victory in Normandy would be only the beginning of many months of hard fighting on the ground in Western Europe into Germain. Were the Canadian solders would play an important role in the offensives that push into Hitlers territory and finally defeat the Germans and end the war in Europe.
War Affects
War affects lots of Canadians even after it ends. Lots of families that have lost a member of there family are emotional affected and have to cope with not having a key factor in there life. I feel like if i would have a grandparent that was in the war i would be vary proud of them for serving are country for my freedom.
Here is a link of a veteran and his story and how they were still affects him.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2009/11/06/64_years_later_our_wwii_veterans_still_remember.html